Mystia: The Templar Inquisitor of the Inquisition

Six

Ellis sat talking with Cullen over their epic game of chess, "This is possibly the most challenge I have ever had in a game of chess, Commander." Ellis smiled at Cullen who seemed deep in thought as he made his move.

"Agreed." Cullen sat back, the game was for the fun of it but Ellis was a happy little chatterbox and was more than pleased to tell Cullen what he could about the Trevelyan family.

"How much do you want to bet me that Mystia is wishing she was here?" Ellis asked as Cullen chuckled, but before he could speak Mystia's voice sounded nearby and both her younger brother and Cullen about jumped away from the table as they turned to see her smirking.

"And miss my Commander having his ass handed to him by the reigning undefeated champion chess player in the Ostwick circle? I don't think so." Mystia smirked as she walked up to stand near the table.

"If you're dear Commander has his way I will be defeated." Cullen smiled at Ellis admitting that it was possible.

"Then I guess I arrived back in time to witness this day." Mystia smiled as she walked over to Cullen to kiss him on the lips, fully knowing that it would distract him.

"Get a room." Ellis sighed out in mock disgust as Mystia smiled.

"You and Virgil are worse, how long did it take before you two started a relationship?" She reminded him as Ellis blushed a red so bright that she laughed. "Oh, the story I could tell about that!"

"Don't you dare!" Ellis said as Virgil came racing up.

"SIS!" Virgil cried out as Mystia turned to see the Templar running up.

"Virgil!" She smiled as she leaped into his arms which he then proceeded to squish her into a bear hug.

"We've missed you!" he smiled once he let her go.

"I know and I'm so sorry." She apologized as Cullen watched the exchange. "But please tell me: has Oliver started training you to replace me as his Knight-Captain yet?"

"Not yet," Virgil rubbed the back of his neck. "He keeps saying that no one could replace you."

Mystia shook her head. "When you return to the Circle tell him I said to get you into training for it!"

"And this is where I will interject for a moment," Ellis spoke up moving a piece that had Cullen looking at the board with a frown. "You know well enough that big brother will ask if you could."

"And I will tell him the same thing I have been for months! he needs to do it. Besides, if worse comes to worse we can always remind our dear brother how his wife took him on and beat him when he called her weak and no match."

"Oh, that was surely the most entertaining day of our lives." Virgil smiled at the shared memory as Cullen questioned it with a raised brow.

Ellis, however, was more than happy to answer. "Let's just say everyone in the circle was present when the dear Knight-Commander had his ass outright handed to him by a female mage in hand to hand combat."

"And she couldn't even use magic because we had nullified the area." Virgil smiled at that.

"He will never live that one down." Mystia smiled as Cullen shook his head, "Seems the men in my family can't grasp a concept until they've had their asses handed to them."

"HEY!" Ellis pouted then. "I haven't had the need to have MY ass handed to me."

"Yet." Virgil filled in as Mystia bust up laughing with the inability to breathe, even Cullen chuckled at that.

"You're mean," Ellis told Virgil who smiled.

"Only when you deserve it, love."

"Mystia, Virgil is being mean!" Ellis whined but Mystia was lost in her hysteria and was barely managing to stand with how bad her laughing fit was. Virgil was watching her carefully and Cullen was wondering if she was okay, but she managed to recover soon enough now flat on her ass and wiping away the tears in her eyes.